David Moyes saw his young side come up short and his already lengthy injury problems increase. The promising 18-year-old midfielder Jack Rodwell was forced off after only eight minutes when he appeared to catch his studs in the turf.

Rodwell suffered a suspected hamstring injury and limped to the touchline with the help of the physio. He seemed to be in some distress and it was an early blow for the inexperienced Everton side.

After seeing his team go down to Aleksandr Yurevich's 75th-minute strike, the Everton manager Moyes said: "It looks as though Jack has a hamstring injury. We will know more tomorrow when he will have a scan. These things happen in football and you have to get on with it."

It means Rodwell is likely to miss the Premier League match against in-form Birmingham City on Sunday and weaken Moyes' hand even more. Joseph Yobo, Sylvain Distin and Dan Gosling are all injured as well as long-term absentees Mikel Arteta, Phil Jagielka, Phil Neville, Victor Anichebe and James Vaughan.

It was a night when Tony Hibbert and Jake Bidwell achieved European club records for Everton. Hibbert set a top mark of 20 appearances while Bidwell at 16 years and 271 days became their youngest player at this level. Bidwell was one of five players making full debuts with the reserve goalkeeper Carlo Nash, Shane Duffy, Kieran Agard and Adam Forshaw also included.

Everton stayed on level terms until 15 minutes from time when Yurevich won the game for BATE with a speculative effort that crept home.

"The young players stuck at it but I was disappointed at the way they goal came about," said Moyes. "One or two of them did OK. They know we you play at this level you have to keep the ball and limit your mistakes."

The BATE coach, Viktor Goncharenko, felt his side deserved the victory, which saw them finish with seven points. "I thought we controlled the game in general and that it was only right we won the match," he said. "To get so many points is a good achievement and we are making progress after playing in the Champions League last season."

Despite the disappointing result and conceding a goal from a shot he might have been expected to collect, Nash was delighted to get a game and praised his teenage team-mates.

"It was great, a bit like a reserve game to be honest," said the goalkeeper. "I've played a few times with the reserves with these lads and I thought they did tremendously despite the score.

"They go out fearless these days, the kids. They showed that tonight. The goal was slightly unlucky with a slight deflection but we matched them across the pitch and thought the draw would have been a fair result." PA